TNPSC Thervupettagam

L&T hands over offshore patrol vessel to Coast Guard

October 29 , 2017 2584 days 1929 0
  • Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named “Vikram” to the Indian Coast Guard.
  • It is the country's first-ever such defence craft to be built in a private shipyard.
  • Vikram, the first of a series of seven Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) was indigenously developed in-house at L & T’s Kattupalli shipyard at Kattupalli village near Ennore of Chennai.
  • The entire design and construction processes have undergone dual certification from American Bureau of Shipping and Indian Registrar of Shipping.
  • The vessel is equipped with state-of-the-art radars, navigation and communication systems capable of operating in tropical conditions.

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